The Greek Orthodox Church in America : a modern history / Alexander Kitroeff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitroeff, Alexander, author.

Series:

NIU series in Orthodox Christian studies

NIU series in orthodox Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America--History.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Greek Americans--Religion.

Greek Americans.

Greek Americans--Ethnic identity.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 312 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Shows how the Greek Orthodox Church became the most important Greek institution in the United States and the main force that shaped Greek American ethnic identity in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Greek Orthodoxy arrives in America

Americanization and the immigrant church in the 1920s

Greek Orthodoxy versus Protestant Congregationalism

The Greek Orthodox Church in between Greece and America

Assimilation and respectability in the 1950s

The challenges of the 1960s

Greek Orthodoxy and the ethnic revival

Church and homeland

Toward an American Greek Orthodoxy

The challenges for an American Greek Orthodoxy

Church & patriarchate and the limits of Americanization

Greek Orthodoxy in America enters the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kitroeff, Alexander. Greek Orthodox Church in America.

ISBN:

9781501749438

1501749439

9781501749919

1501749919

OCLC:

1119741417